Republican presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and John Kasich spoke to conservative activists in Pennsylvania with barely three weeks until the state's primary.

Republican presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and John Kasich spoke to conservative activists in Pennsylvania with barely three weeks until the state's primary.

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Updated: 6:35 PM EDT Apr 1, 2016

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WEBVTT CUMBERLAND COUNTY. REPORTER REPORTER: THEIR POLICY PREFERENCES AND HE IS STANDING BY HIS PLAN TO HAVE POLICE PATROL MUSLIM NEIGHBORHOODS DESPITE HAVING CRITICISM -- >> WE NEED A COMMANDER IN CHIEF WHO ISN'T BOUND BY POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, FOCUSED ON DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP US SAFE. >> TED CRUZ CERTAINLY HAD A BOUNCE IN HIS STEP, LEADING TRUMP BY 10 POINTS IN THE LATEST POLLING IN WISCONSIN. IN PENNSYLVANIA, HE IS TRAILING IN THIRD PLACE. BUT HE HASN'T SHOWN HE HAS AN EXCELLENT GROUND AT THIS CONFERENCE. HE HAS BEEN A FAVORITE AMONG THE CONSERVATIVES. KIM: I WAS GOING TO SAY -- HE TOOK TO THE STAGE REPORTER: TO SEVERAL HUNDRED CHEERING SUPPORTERS. HE SAID TO THEM AMERICA IS IN CRISIS -- THAT IS HOW HE STARTED OUT AS THEY -- TOLD THE CROWD, THOUGH, THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY. HE TOLD THEM HIS TOP PRIORITIES IS JOBS, FREEDOM AND SECURITY AND TALKED ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA SPECIFICALLY SAYING THIS IS AN ENERGY STATE WHICH HE KNOWS A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT. HE SAYS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PENNSYLVANIANS WOULD LOSE ENERGY JOBS IF THE SOCIALISTS HILLARY R BERNIE OUR PRESIDENT. WE HAVE TO TURN OVER TO JOHN KASICH, HE MADE TWO STOPS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THE FIRST WAS AT THE ANTIQUE AUTO MUSEUM IN HERSHEY, DAUPHIN COUNTY. HE SPOKE AND TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ISSUES INCLUDING EDUCATION, BUILDING BUSINESSES, PASSING COMMON SENSE LEGISLATIO JOHN KASICH FELT RIGHT AT HOME IN HERSHEY THIS MORNING, REMINDING THE CROWD HE IS A PENNSYLVANIA NATIVE, WHO GREW HIS BRAND OF POLITICS IN MCKEES ROCK, ALLEGHENY COUNTY. >> RIGHT AT HOME IN HERSHEY THIS MORNING REMINDING EVERYBODY THAT HE IS A --[CROSSTALK] >> BEING A PENNSYLVANIAN, YOU UNDERSTAND PENNSYLVANIANS, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR HOPES ARE FOR THEIR KIDS AND FOR THEIR OWN LIVES. REPORTER: A LONG TIME CONGRESSMAN, AND MORE RECENTLY GOVERNOR KASICH TOLD US HE'S THE CANDIDATE BEST PREPARED TO GET WASHINGTON MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >> THESE ARE NOT HARD THINGS TO DO, YOU JUST HAVE TO GET THE POLITICIANS TO DO THEIR JOBS, STOP PLAYING REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT POLITICS AND JUST FOCUS ON THE COUNTRY, AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE ALL OF MY LIFETIME. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO IN BOTH WASHINGTON AND OHIO TO PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC LIFT SO PEOPLE COULD HAVE CONFIDENCE ABOUT THEIR JOBS, GET BETTER WAGES, THEIR KIDS CAN HAVE A BETTER FUTURE THAN THEY HAVE. REPORTER: THE LAST FRANKLIN AND MARSHAL POLL HAS KASICH AND TRUMP ONLY SEPARATED BY A FEW POINTS AND KASICH DOESN'T PLAN ON SLOWING DOWN. LIKE THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE WHO I THINK I VISITED HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA YEARS AGO WE'RE THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT JUST KEEPS CLIMBING. REPORTER: THE GOVERNOR TOLD ME THAT THOMAS VISIT HAPPENED AT THE STRASBURG RAILROAD SO HE'S QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, AND IT'S VALUES REPORTER: IT IS IMPORTANT IF THEY COME HERE AND TALK FACE-TO-FACE IS THAT THESE DELEGATES FOR PENNSYLVANIA MORE THAN 70 OF THEM ARE ALL UNBOUND WHICH MEANS THE MATTER HOW THE STATE GOES THEY GET TO GO TO THE CONVENTION AND DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO VOTE SO IF YOU COME TO THE RALLY TED CRUZ TAXIWAY TAKES HIS PICTURE WITH YOU YOU MAY VETERAN AT THE CONVENTION AND WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE SHAPING UP AND LOOKS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE QUITE AN EXCITING REPUBLICAN CONVENTION THIS TIME AROUND, PLENTY COMING UP TONIGHT AT 10:00 AND 11:00. RON: THANK YOU JANELLE. DEMORCRAT BERNIE SANDERS IS OPENING ANOTHER CAMPAIGN OFFICE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE GRAND OPENING WILL BE AT 7 TONIGHT, IN THE 100 BLOCK OF WEST ORANGE STREET. THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN PLANS TO KICK OFF TOMORROW, WHAT IT CALLS ITS PENNSYLVANIA DAYS OF ACTION, A WEEKEND WHERE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE STATE WILL KNOCK ON DOORS AND MAKE PHONE CALLS. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF NEWS 8'S COVERAGE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. WE HAVE CREWS ASSIGNED TO EACH PARTY. ITS OUR COMMITTMENT TO MAKE YOU AN INFORMED VOTER, BEFORE THE

Commitment 2016: Pennsylvania hosts dueling GOP presidential hopefuls

Republican presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and John Kasich spoke to conservative activists in Pennsylvania with barely three weeks until the state's primary.